Officials

1 May 2020April 28, 2020

The Most Reverend Donald E. DeGrood has decreed the following priest assignment changes effective on May 1, 2020:

Reverend Dana Christensen, from pastor, St. Mary of Mercy, Alexandria, St. Stephen, Bridgewater, and St. Martin, Emery, and chaplain to Mary of Mercy and St. Joseph Monastery to parochial vicar, St. Mary of Mercy Parish, Alexandria.

Reverend Kenneth Lulf, in addition to his current assignment as pastor, Holy Family Parish, Mitchell, to pastor, St. Mary of Mercy, Alexandria, St. Stephen, Bridgewater, and St. Martin, Emery.

Monsignor Charles Mangan, from director of the Marian Apostolate to parochial vicar, St. Mary of Mercy, Alexandria, St. Stephen, Bridgewater, and St. Martin, Emery, and chaplain to Mary of Mercy and St. Joseph Monastery.

Reverend Robert Wullweber, from leave from public ministry to parochial vicar, St. Lambert, Sioux Falls.

The Most Reverend Donald E. DeGrood has decreed the following priest assignment changes to become effective on July 1, 2020:

Reverend Thomas Anderson, from pastor, All Saints, Mellette, and St. Bernard, Redfield, to pastor, St. Benedict, Yankton.

Reverend Douglas Binsfeld, from pastor, St. Peter, Colman, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Elkton, and Sts. Simon and Jude, Flandreau, to pastor, Immaculate Conception, Waubay, and Christ the King, Webster.

Reverend John Fischer, from pastor, St. Agnes, Vermillion, to pastor, Holy Name of Jesus, Watertown.

Reverend Gregory Frankman, in addition to his current assignment as pastor, St. John the Baptist, Rosholt, and St. Anthony, Browns Valley, MN, to pastor, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Sisseton, and St. Peter, Sisseton.

Reverend DeWayne Kayser, from pastor, St. Thomas Aquinas, Madison, to pastor, St. Mary, Help of Christians, Salem.

Reverend Melvin Kuhn, from pastor, Immaculate Conception, Waubay, and Christ the King, Webster, to pastor, St. Peter, Colman, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Elkton, and Sts. Simon and Jude, Flandreau.

Reverend John Lantsberger, from pastor, St. Mary, Dell Rapids, to senior priest.

Reverend Martin Lawrence, from pastor, St. Mary, Help of Christians, Salem, to pastor, St. Dominic, Canton, and St. Magdalene, Lennox, while also serving as director of the Office of Liturgy and Worship.

Reverend Mark Lichter, from pastor, Sacred Heart, Aberdeen, and temporary administrator, Sacred Heart, Westport, to pastor, St. John the Baptist, Lesterville, and St. Wenceslaus, Tabor.

Reverend Kenneth Lulf, in addition to his current assignment as pastor, Holy Family Parish, Mitchell, St. Mary of Mercy, Alexandria, St. Stephen, Bridgewater, and St. Martin, Emery, to pastor of Holy Spirit, Mitchell.

Reverend Tyler Mattson, in addition to his current assignment as chaplain, O’Gorman Junior High School, from parochial vicar, Holy Spirit, Sioux Falls, to parochial vicar, Christ the King, Sioux Falls, while also serving as associate vocations director and chaplain to the Newman Ministry outreach in Sioux Falls.

Reverend Paul Nereparampil CMI, at the direction of his religious superior, from priest-in-residence, St. Joseph, Wessington Springs, to ministry outside of the diocese.

Reverend Kevin O’Dell, while remaining pastor, St. Therese Parish, Sioux Falls, is to be relieved of his assignment as chaplain to the Newman Ministry outreach in Sioux Falls.

Reverend John Rader, from pastor, St. Dominic, Canton, and St. Magdalene, Lennox, to substitute sacramental minister.

Reverend Jerome Ranek, from pastor, St. Kateri Tekakwitha, Sisseton, and St. Peter, Sisseton, to pastor, St. Agnes, Vermillion.

Reverend John Short, from pastor, Holy Spirit, Mitchell, to pastor, All Saints, Mellette, and St. Bernard, Redfield.

Reverend Shane Stevens, from pastoral assignments in the Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee to pastor, St. Mary, Dell Rapids.

Reverend Anthony Urban, from pastor, St. John the Baptist, Lesterville, and St. Wenceslaus, Tabor, to pastor, St. Thomas Aquinas, Madison, and chaplain, Newman Ministry, DSU, Madison.

Reverend Joseph Vogel, while remaining pastor, St. Teresa of Calcutta, Dakota Dunes, St. Joseph, Elk Point, and St. Peter, Jefferson, is to be relieved of his assignment as executive director of Broom Tree Retreat Center.

Reverend Michael Wensing, from pastor, Holy Name of Jesus, Watertown, to senior priest.

And, in anticipation of their ordination to the priesthood, the Most Reverend Donald E. DeGrood anticipates decreeing the following priest assignments that would become effective on July 1, 2020: